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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Quartus 9.0 remote linux

Hi,

We are running Quartus 9.0 on fresh linux 64 bits box. We are experiencing problem with the GUI. When launched on the server console, GUI starts as usual. When launched on the server from a remote X11 connection, GUI starts but open no windows and quit from its own after a few seconds.

We tried a lot of things and nothing seems wrong with our X11 server.

Does anybody have an idea on this problem ?

Thanks,

EME

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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    Hi,

    Things are going better. We found an issue in our corporate DNS on this server entry. Now Quartus works on a remote X11 connection. We haven't got a clear explanation of what was going wrong but it works.

    Things aren't finished yet. We are facing sometimes some GUI locks up in remote or on console when accessing menus. Opening a new window by launching an xterm for example unlocks GUI and you can resume your operations. Strange ???

    EME
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    16 years ago

    Also, another option that I would recommend is running Quartus through VNC instead of using remote X, especially if your network is less than perfect.

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    16 years ago

    Thanks all. I'll have a look at VNC and check if it works with simultaneous multiple users. Since our last problem of GUI locks up is also present on console, VNC won't be a solution.

    We are running Gnome as window manager.
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    16 years ago

    both NX and VNC will work with multi-user systems. NX is pretty sweet because X sessions are automatically started on demand when a user logs in.

    GNOME should work well.

    has the machine had older versions of Quartus installed? killing ~/.mw and /tmp/Mw_<all user names> can help with GUI issues.
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    16 years ago

    I'll give a try to NX and VNC.

    I removed ~/.mw and /tmp/Mw_* but nothing changes. After launch, it's the first access to menu that locks up GUI. You unlock it by opening a terminal or anything that opens a window. After it never locks up again.

    Thanks a lot.